Defining sudden infant death and sudden intrauterine unexpected death syndromes with regard to anatomo pathological examination

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Ottaviani, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomo pathological examination definition; Autopsy; Brainstem; Cardiac conduction system; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden intrauterine unexpected death syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016150247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2016.00103     Document Type: Article

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